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Definition
ceremonial elegance and splendor
or:
(archaic) a pretentious or vain display
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(archaic) a pretentious or vain display
- Though Balashev was used to imperial pomp, he was amazed at the luxury and magnificence of Napoleon's court.Book Nine — 1812 (19% in)
- It is only because military men are invested with pomp and power and crowds of sychophants flatter power, attributing to it qualities of genius it does not possess.Book Nine — 1812 (51% in)
There are no more uses of "pomp" in War and Peace.
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